"ei" meaning in Dutch

See ei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛi̯/ Audio: Nl-ei.ogg Forms: eieren [plural], eitje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|ei}} Middle Dutch ei, {{inh|nl|odt|*ei}} Old Dutch *ei, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*aij}} Proto-West Germanic *aij, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*ajją}} Proto-Germanic *ajją, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*h₂ōwyóm}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-eren|+}} ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)
  1. egg Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Food and drink Categories (lifeform): Eggs

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "eier"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: eier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: eier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "airi"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "āi"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: āi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: āi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "ee",
            "3": "eiu",
            "4": "eyu",
            "5": "eju"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aij"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aij",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ajją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ajją",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ōwyóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eieren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-eren",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ei"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 45 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Eggs",
          "orig": "nl:Eggs",
          "parents": [
            "Birds",
            "Foods",
            "Reproduction",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Animals",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Lifeforms"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Food and drink",
          "orig": "nl:Food and drink",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "de kip met de gouden eieren slachten"
        },
        {
          "word": "een appel en een ei"
        },
        {
          "word": "eendenei"
        },
        {
          "word": "ei van Columbus"
        },
        {
          "word": "eicel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eidooier"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierbal"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierdop"
        },
        {
          "word": "eieren voor zijn geld kiezen"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierkoek"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierkool"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierlanding"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierlopen"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiermuts"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiersalade"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierstok"
        },
        {
          "word": "eigeel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eikapsel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eileg"
        },
        {
          "word": "eisprong"
        },
        {
          "word": "eivorm"
        },
        {
          "word": "eivormig"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiwit"
        },
        {
          "word": "het hele eiereneten"
        },
        {
          "word": "kievitsei"
        },
        {
          "word": "kippenei"
        },
        {
          "word": "koek en ei"
        },
        {
          "word": "op eieren lopen"
        },
        {
          "word": "paasei"
        },
        {
          "word": "struisvogelei"
        },
        {
          "word": "van die boer geen eieren"
        },
        {
          "word": "voor een appel en een ei"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fried an egg for breakfast.",
          "text": "Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.",
          "text": "Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In this box, there are twelve eggs.",
          "text": "In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "id": "en-ei-nl-noun-NHB8P0Df",
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ei.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg/Nl-ei.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "de kip met de gouden eieren slachten"
    },
    {
      "word": "een appel en een ei"
    },
    {
      "word": "eendenei"
    },
    {
      "word": "ei van Columbus"
    },
    {
      "word": "eicel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eidooier"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierbal"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierdop"
    },
    {
      "word": "eieren voor zijn geld kiezen"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierkoek"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierkool"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierlanding"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierlopen"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiermuts"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiersalade"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierstok"
    },
    {
      "word": "eigeel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eikapsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eileg"
    },
    {
      "word": "eisprong"
    },
    {
      "word": "eivorm"
    },
    {
      "word": "eivormig"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiwit"
    },
    {
      "word": "het hele eiereneten"
    },
    {
      "word": "kievitsei"
    },
    {
      "word": "kippenei"
    },
    {
      "word": "koek en ei"
    },
    {
      "word": "op eieren lopen"
    },
    {
      "word": "paasei"
    },
    {
      "word": "struisvogelei"
    },
    {
      "word": "van die boer geen eieren"
    },
    {
      "word": "voor een appel en een ei"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "eier"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: eier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: eier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "airi"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "āi"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: āi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: āi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "ee",
            "3": "eiu",
            "4": "eyu",
            "5": "eju"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aij"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *aij",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ajją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ajją",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ōwyóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eieren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-eren",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ei"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch neuter nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -eren",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms with homophones",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 45 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯/1 syllable",
        "nl:Eggs",
        "nl:Food and drink"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fried an egg for breakfast.",
          "text": "Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.",
          "text": "Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In this box, there are twelve eggs.",
          "text": "In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ei.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg/Nl-ei.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}

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